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MABAMAORE — Project Engineering & Economic Development
Project Engineering & Economic Development
MABAMAORE

From Mozambique Channel and island territories to the world. We design projects, secure funding, and build sustainable economic models at the intersection of culture, agriculture, and innovation.

From Mozambique Channel — Island Territories to the World
01

Grant Engineering

We design, structure, and deliver funding applications for European and international programmes from eligibility assessment to post-award management.

Programmes
Interreg · FEDER · FSE+ · Creative Europe · Erasmus+ · Horizon Europe · ACP-EU Culture · UNESCO IFCD · National and regional funds
What We Deliver
Eligibility diagnosis · Programme identification · Project structuring · Partnership building · Proposal writing · Budget engineering · Submission · Post-award management
YearProjectClientMission
2023–present Interreg Grant Engineering Institutional partners, Mayotte–Madagascar–Mozambique Full grant cycle: proposal writing, budget engineering, partner coordination, reporting
2019–2021 Interreg V Programme Management Chambre de Métiers et de l’Artisanat de Mayotte Complete programme management: engineering, financial monitoring, institutional reporting, regional coordination
2022–2024 SODAVI Sector Structuring Direction des Affaires Culturelles, Mayotte Territorial diagnosis, stakeholder coordination, strategic recommendations
02

Consulting &
Project Development

We accompany territories, institutions, and organisations in designing development strategies where culture, agriculture, and innovation serve as engines of economic growth.

Culture
Heritage, visual arts, textiles, natural dyes, creative tourism. We structure cultural ecosystems and connect them to funding, markets, and networks.
Agriculture
Agro-transformation, botanical and tinctorial crops, farm-to-table models. We design projects that create local value chains with international reach.
Innovation
Digital strategies, new technologies for development, creative economy models for island and emerging territories.
What We Deliver
Territorial diagnostics · Strategic positioning · Value chain structuring · Economic modelling · Multi-stakeholder coordination · Policy recommendations · Training programme design
YearProjectClientMission
2022–2024 SODAVI DAC Mayotte Visual arts and craft sector structuring, stakeholder concertation, strategic orientations
2023–present Territorial Innovation Pilot Studio Mahali, Kenya Craft value chains, hybrid artisanship-creation-training-development model
2021–2022 Cultural Project Coordination Alliance Française, Dar es Salaam Institutional representation, regional partnerships, exhibitions, curations
2019–2021 International Training Centre Chambre de Métiers de Mayotte Regional training device for youth across the Mozambique Channel
03

Artist & Artisan
Accompaniment

We support artists and artisans in structuring their practice, accessing funding, and reaching international audiences with a focus on practitioners from island territories, the Indian Ocean, and Africa.

Structuring
Professionalising practice: legal status, pricing, production planning, documentation.
Funding
Identifying and securing mobility grants, residencies, project funding, Culture Moves Europe, UNESCO IFCD, ACP-EU Culture.
Visibility
Connecting to international networks, exhibitions, markets, and platforms.
Transmission
Designing training programmes that preserve traditional knowledge while building economic viability.
YearProjectContextMission
2023–present MabaMaoré Programme Mayotte – Tanzania – Africa 3-month visual arts training connecting emerging artists across the Indian Ocean
2023–present Artisan Structuring Lamu, Kenya Natural dyes, indigo extraction, textile production, value chain development
2022–2024 SODAVI Accompaniment DAC Mayotte Design of support and training devices for local cultural practitioners
04

Craft Manufacture
& Excellence

Japan has its Living National Treasures. France has its Maîtres d’Art. Africa and the island world have extraordinary craft traditions but no equivalent framework to certify, transmit, and commercialise them at the level they deserve.

Mabamaore works to bridge this gap.

Identify
Mapping exceptional craft practitioners and traditions across island territories and Africa.
Structure
Building production frameworks: workshops, training, quality standards.
Connect
Linking artisans to international markets, design collaborations, and institutional buyers.
Transmit
Ensuring knowledge passes to the next generation through structured apprenticeship.
Focus Areas
Natural dyes and tinctorial plants (indigo, turmeric, henna) · Textile arts · Weaving · Botanical crafts
About

Made By Africa
na wa Maoré

Mabamaore was born from a conviction: island territories hold extraordinary potential for economic development through culture, craft, and innovation.

From Mayotte to the Swahili Coast, from the Indian Ocean to Southeast Asia, island communities share common challenges isolation, limited infrastructure, brain drain and common strengths: rich heritage, unique biodiversity, resilient populations, strategic positioning.

We operate across European structural funds (Interreg, FEDER, FSE+), cultural programmes (Creative Europe, ACP-EU Culture), and international instruments (UNESCO, Horizon Europe), with field experience from Mayotte, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique, and the Comoros.

Faïza Saïd
Founder

Project engineer and cultural development specialist.

Let’s build.
faiza@mabamaore.com +262 693 94 21 41

Based between Mayotte, East Africa, and France.

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